IT Project Manager Contracts in the North of England

IT Project Manager
England > North of England

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in the North of England is £459 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 151 154 172
Rank change year-on-year +3 +18 -13
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 32 58 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.68% 1.02% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 1.07% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 49 64
10th Percentile £374 £413 £345
25th Percentile £425 £488 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £550 £480
Median % change year-on-year -16.59% +14.58% +28.00%
75th Percentile £558 £575 £539
90th Percentile £591 £630 £600
England median daily rate £525 £538 £513
% change year-on-year -2.33% +4.88% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40.00 - -
Median hourly rate £43.00 - £27.00
75th Percentile £46.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £34.14 £62.50 £48.25
% change year-on-year -45.38% +29.53% +4.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 4,358 5,423 6,862
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 95.37% 96.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,728 3,821 5,048
10th Percentile £263 £281 £200
25th Percentile £387 £411 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.80% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £556
90th Percentile £672 £684 £640
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 399 154 276
10th Percentile £11.06 £14.08 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.52 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.74 £30.65 £18.69
Median % change year-on-year -32.33% +63.96% +4.43%
75th Percentile £46.18 £51.66 £29.88
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.48 £51.60
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.55
% change year-on-year -17.38% +99.60% +2.48%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured IT Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in the North of England

IT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for IT Project Manager in the North of England

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Project Manager in the North of England

IT Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Project Manager in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Project Manager in the North of England

IT Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Project Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +4 17 £525 +4.17% 8
Yorkshire -1 10 £410 -25.45% 2
North East - 4 £525 - 1
IT Project Manager
England

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, IT Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 12 (37.50%) Project Management
1 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 10 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (21.88%) PRINCE2
4 5 (15.63%) ITIL
4 5 (15.63%) Project Delivery
4 5 (15.63%) Budget Management
5 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (12.50%) Waterfall
5 4 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (12.50%) Project Governance
5 4 (12.50%) Finance
5 4 (12.50%) Project Planning
6 3 (9.38%) Agile
6 3 (9.38%) Supplier Management
6 3 (9.38%) Change Management
6 3 (9.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (9.38%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (9.38%) PMP
6 3 (9.38%) PMI Certification
6 3 (9.38%) SAP
6 3 (9.38%) CRM
6 3 (9.38%) SaaS
6 3 (9.38%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (9.38%) Decision-Making
7 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
7 2 (6.25%) Programme Delivery
7 2 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (6.25%) Business Case
7 2 (6.25%) Presentation Skills

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 3 (9.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.38%) SaaS
2 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) LAN
1 1 (3.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Finance
3 2 (6.25%) Back Office
3 2 (6.25%) Banking
3 2 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (6.25%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.25%) Retail
4 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) Middleware
1 1 (3.13%) SailPoint
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
2 1 (3.13%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.13%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (37.50%) Project Management
2 10 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (21.88%) PRINCE2
4 5 (15.63%) Budget Management
4 5 (15.63%) ITIL
4 5 (15.63%) Project Delivery
5 4 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (12.50%) Project Governance
5 4 (12.50%) Project Planning
5 4 (12.50%) Waterfall
6 3 (9.38%) Agile
6 3 (9.38%) Change Management
6 3 (9.38%) CRM
6 3 (9.38%) Decision-Making
6 3 (9.38%) Supplier Management
7 2 (6.25%) Contract Management
7 2 (6.25%) Programme Delivery
7 2 (6.25%) Resource Allocation
7 2 (6.25%) Resource Management
Qualifications
1 3 (9.38%) ITIL Certification
1 3 (9.38%) PMI Certification
1 3 (9.38%) PMP
1 3 (9.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (6.25%) Degree
3 1 (3.13%) CAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) PMO
2 1 (3.13%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (9.38%) SAP
2 1 (3.13%) Ariba
2 1 (3.13%) Kronos
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle